Florida Gators junior running back Mark Thompson is facing a misdemeanor trespassing charge stemming from an incident that occurred last week in Gainesville, Florida. According to the Independent Florida Alligator (h/t Landon Watnick of InsideTheGators.com), Thompson was charged last Thursday after police discovered him on the property of Ultimate Towing, which was a violation since it is posted property. The trespassing charge marks the second off-field issue of the season for Thompson, as he was previously pulled over and charged with ...

Western Kentucky is 4-0 straight up and 3-1 against the spread over its last four postseason games, including back-to-back bowl victories. The Hilltoppers seek a fifth straight postseason win without departed coach Jeff Brohm when they meet Memphis in the Boca Raton Bowl on December 20.      Boca Raton Bowl point spread: The Hilltoppers opened as 6.5-point favorites, according to sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark (line updates and matchup report). College football pick, via OddsShark computer: 50.3-29.7 Hilltoppers (college ...

It's been 17 days since Tom Herman was hired as the Texas Longhorns' head football coach. In that span, he's added one commit—junior college kicker Josh Rowland on Sunday—and has his sights set on a handful of 2017 targets, both committed and uncommitted. There's a lot to be done for a class still without double-figure commitments, per Scout, but in the time between now and national signing day, look for Herman and the Longhorns staff to ...

The Kentucky Wildcats landed a big-time recruit Tuesday, as highly touted defensive end Joshua Paschal committed to UK.  Brian Dohn of Scout reported that Paschal informed him of the decision. Per Scout, the Olney, Maryland, native is a 4-star prospect who ranks as the No. 293 overall player, No. 28 defensive end and No. 2 defensive end from the state of Maryland in the 2017 class. According to Scout, Paschal chose Kentucky despite having offers from several major programs, ...

The Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns ended their regular season with three wins and four covers over their last four games. The Southern Miss Golden Eagles, on the other hand, finished with just two wins over their last seven games and with just one cover over their last eight outings. Still, Southern Miss is a short favorite for its New Orleans Bowl matchup with the Cajuns.      New Orleans Bowl point spread: The Golden Eagles opened as two-point ...

Tulsa finished the regular season on a 6-1 run against the spread; at the other end of the stick, Central Michigan finished on a 1-4 ATS slide. A hot Golden Hurricane outfit will play as a double-digit favorite against a chilly Chippewas team in the Miami Beach Bowl on December 19.        Miami Beach Bowl point spread: The Golden Hurricane opened as 11-point favorites, according to sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark (line updates and matchup report). College ...

Ah, yes. The most wonderful time of the year is upon us. Christmas and holiday celebrations are closing in quickly, which means it's a decent time to stop procrastinating, go buy presents and finish off preparations for parties and the like. But we've got something else to celebrate over 17 days. If you're like us—you're reading this, so that's a pretty good indication—shopping lists get doubled thanks to college football bowl season. We're stocking up on drinks, ...

Alabama is carrying the SEC flag from Tuscaloosa to the Georgia Dome in Atlanta on New Year's Eve as the top-ranked team in the College Football Playoff. The rest of the conference, though, is a hot mess. Alabama is the only team with fewer than four losses, eight-win teams Texas A&M and Tennessee are led by coaches in Kevin Sumlin and Butch Jones, respectively, who are on the hot seat, and nobody seemed to want to get ...

After spending the better part of the last decade as college football's punching bag, the Big Ten broke out in 2016 and established itself as the best conference in the country—putting four teams in the Top Eight of the final playoff rankings. Much of that directly correlates with the fantastic head coaching hires that teams around the league have made in recent years. It started in late 2011, when Ohio State brought Urban Meyer home to ...

Many around Rocky Top would love to just forget a 2016 Tennessee football season that was supposed to be unforgettable. A year where league coaches and media predicted the Volunteers to win the SEC East was riddled with injuries and shortcomings and eventually saw the Volunteers squander their chance to play in Atlanta, as well as a consolation Sugar Bowl invitation, with inexplicable losses to South Carolina and Vanderbilt. Articles such as last week's highly critical piece ...